Business and Management

This book includes peer reviewed articles from the 4th International Conference on Data Science,  Machine Learning and Applications, 2022,  held at the Hyderabad Institute of Technology & Management on 26-27th December, India.

This book includes peer-reviewed contributions presented at the International Conference on Data Analytics in Business and Marketing, ICDABM 2022.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 18th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies, WEBIST 2022, which took place in Valletta, Malta, in October 2022.

This book analyses how growing managerialism and the marketisation of higher education has undermined educational standards and pedagogical integrity.

Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering: Proceedings of the 23rd Conference on MMESE are an academic showcase of the best papers selected from more than 500 submissions, introducing readers to the top research topics and the latest developmental trends in the theory and application of MMESE.

This book explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed entrepreneurial business practices and policies.

The Metaverse seamlessly integrates the real world with the virtual world and allows avatars to engage in a broad range of activities including entertainment, social networking, and trading.

Sustainability is part of every aspect of our life, with climate concerns shaping the future.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the BPM Forum held at the 21st International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2023, which took place in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in September 2023.

This book presents up-to-date descriptions of smart services innovations in industry, supported by new scientific approaches.

This book focuses on port collaborative operation, an important emerging topic in the port and shipping industry, and deeply analyzes the high-quality collaborative mechanism of port groups from the perspectives of port groups' supply chain cooperative operation mechanism, port groups' logistics network optimization, port groups' collaborative scheduling optimization of resources, etc.

This book provides valuable knowledge, useful fuzzy Petri nets (FPN) models, and practical examples that can be considered by mangers in supporting knowledge management of organizations to increase and sustain their competitive advantages.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research, BIR 2023, which took place in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, in September 2023.

Artificial intelligence has driven strategic management and strategic thinking into new directions and uncharted waters.

This book explores how cultural and social influences affect consumer decision making with a focus on uncertainty avoidance, rituals, and external threats.

The Metaverse seamlessly integrates the real world with the virtual world and allows avatars to engage in a broad range of activities including entertainment, social networking, and trading.

SMEs represent more than 95% of businesses operating in global markets.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 15th PLAIS EuroSymposium on Digital Transformation, PLAIS EuroSymposium 2023, which took place in Sopot, Poland, in September 2023.

This book focuses on port collaborative operation, an important emerging topic in the port and shipping industry, and deeply analyzes the high-quality collaborative mechanism of port groups from the perspectives of port groups' supply chain cooperative operation mechanism, port groups' logistics network optimization, port groups' collaborative scheduling optimization of resources, etc.

This book continues from author's first SMA publication in 2018 (also by Springer) and discusses the new roles of SMA in the new network economy.

Sustainability is part of every aspect of our life, with climate concerns shaping the future.

This book explores the previously overlooked negative environmental impact of the sports industry, with a particular emphasis on the carbon footprint of sports facilities and organizations.

Over the decades, academic literature has too often neglected the complexities and diversity of the African continent and the challenges faced by both multinational companies working across Africa and domestic African companies, particularly in the field of human resources.

This book presents the proceedings of the conference and provides valuable insights into the issues facing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), particularly in the areas of sustainable operations and digitalization.

This two-volume set of HCIBGO 2023, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10h International Conference on HCI in Business, Government and Organizations, held as Part of the 24th International Conference, HCI International 2023, which took place in July 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

This book explores how digital technologies can be used to drive sustainable business practices and achieve long-term business success.

This book proposes a wealth-additive scheme of managing and maximizing (win-win and sharing) the marginal value (eco-entropy) of artifacts by humanizing the artifacts' enterprise and their economics with nature.

This book delves into uncharted territory, offering an extensive exploration of the future of organizations and how they should be led.

This is the first socio-legal multi-jurisdictional study on hazing (ragging).

Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) are the key drivers of the economy and development of a country.

This book offers a self-contained introduction to the world of robust combinatorial optimization.

This book explores the previously overlooked negative environmental impact of the sports industry, with a particular emphasis on the carbon footprint of sports facilities and organizations.

Over the decades, academic literature has too often neglected the complexities and diversity of the African continent and the challenges faced by both multinational companies working across Africa and domestic African companies, particularly in the field of human resources.

This book presents the proceedings of the conference and provides valuable insights into the issues facing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), particularly in the areas of sustainable operations and digitalization.

This two-volume set of HCIBGO 2023, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10h International Conference on HCI in Business, Government and Organizations, held as Part of the 24th International Conference, HCI International 2023, which took place in July 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Innovation is a widely applied yet poorly understood term in the context of public policies and practices among Western nations.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2022, This conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 crisis, during April 25-27, 2022.

This book gathers peer-reviewed research papers based on selected contributions to the 13th Logistics Management Conference (LM 2023), held on 13.

This two-volume set of HCIBGO 2023, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10h International Conference on HCI in Business, Government and Organizations, held as Part of the 24th International Conference, HCI International 2023, which took place in July 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Innovation is a widely applied yet poorly understood term in the context of public policies and practices among Western nations.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2022, This conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 crisis, during April 25-27, 2022.

This book gathers peer-reviewed research papers based on selected contributions to the 13th Logistics Management Conference (LM 2023), held on 13.

This two-volume set of HCIBGO 2023, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10h International Conference on HCI in Business, Government and Organizations, held as Part of the 24th International Conference, HCI International 2023, which took place in July 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The book covers the broad area of Corporate Governance (CG) and its constituents.

This book aims to provide the industrial upgrading and business scenario improved and boosted by 5G, as well as to forecast the typical industry application with a 6G vision.

The book covers the broad area of Corporate Governance (CG) and its constituents.

This book aims to provide the industrial upgrading and business scenario improved and boosted by 5G, as well as to forecast the typical industry application with a 6G vision.

This book, bringing together selected papers from the 10th International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Business and Technology (InCEBT) on the overarching theme of 'Industry Forward and Technology Transformation in Business and Entrepreneurship', provides the audience some preliminary understanding of the current and emerging trends in entrepreneurship and business activities.

Extensive research conducted at the Hasso Plattner Design Thinking Research Program at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, USA, and at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, has yielded valuable insights on why and how design thinking works.